Blog posts on Kill la Kill Episode 8

In most anime schools, the disciplinary committee gets a bad rap. An unmovable force for the rules, they seldom show compassion in the face of a wavering belief in justice. But we learn something interesting this week, as Ryuuko encounters Ira Gamagoori, the head of the disciplinary committee. Events are set in motion, as Satsuki […]
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Who knew that the giant musclebound gamagoori was a masochistic 20 year old still attending school? I sure didn’t, but it made me laugh a storm. So Satsuki decided to amplify the chaos by leaving 5 spots in the student council for whoever beats the others in a week. While the lower students are tearing […]
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just lol “naturals election” so dumb, and yet so beautiful The whole election farce basically ends how everyone expected it to: with the Elite Four standing at the top and raring to take on Ryuuko. Satsuki may be planning something, but I think she also wanted to see some chaos because the mortals fighting each […]
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Well, that’s one way to hold an election. I guess. And an excellent translation of the election’s name. Naturals election. Oh man. This episode mostly focused on Ryuuko’s past and on Gamagoori (the big guy). The elite four is a … Continue reading →
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Satsuki holds the first “Naturals Election”, challenging all students to fight one another for their status. During the week of fighting, Ryuuko and Mako take a scooter to Ryuuko’s family home for clues, but find none. On the way home they run out of gas, but Gamagoori Ira offers them lift. The combined Automotive/Airsoft clubs […]
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Satsuki holds the first “Naturals Election”, challenging all students to fight one another for their status. During the week of fighting, Ryuuko and Mako take a scooter to Ryuuko’s family home for clues, but find none. On the way home they run out of gas, but Gamagoori Ira offers them lift. The combined Automotive/Airsoft clubs […]
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「俺の涙は俺が拭く」 (Ore no Namida wa Ore Ga Fuku )
"I Will Wipe My Own Tears"
If I didn't know this was a two-cour, I would've thought the series was ending after this episode.
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I think last week’s episode is pretty unbeatable, so I’m not gonna worry about that. Almost every episode so far has been wildly different from the one before, and we’ve barely got anything resembling narrative momentum, but for this show … Continue reading →
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Having inadvertently aided Satsuki in her plan to refresh the student council and Gou uniform owners with her whole Fight Club idea, Ryuuko now finds another tantalising carrot dangled in front of her in the form of a survival game-cum-general election (or General Selection, as Kiryuin would rather have it) to pick the best of the best in a free-for-all involving the entire student body.
While
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